May 10, 2012

CAS-ual Fridays #52


Hooray for the weekend!  I hope your Friday gets off to a great start!

It's time for a new challenge at CAS-ual Fridays, and I can't wait to see your clean and simple designs with our theme this week:  Feathered Friends.  There are so many fabulous bird images out there, and I'm really looking forward to seeing them in the gallery!


Our sponsor this week is Annabelle Stamps, and they are generously offering up a $20 gift certificate to this week's winner at CAS-ual Fridays.


For my card, I used a bird from WPlus9's Woodgrain Silhouettes Additions and perched him on a set of stitched lines (inspired by an image in WPlus9's Heartfelt Mix stamp set).

The sentiment is from Annabelle Stamps' Garden Silhouettes, stamped in SU's Island Indigo.

I debossed a panel of Basic Gray cardstock with woodgrain, then die cut a window to frame the image and sentiment.  For a pop of color, I added a punched and layered yellow flower with a rhinestone center.

Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! (Island Indigo, Basic Gray), Papertrey Ink (White)
Stamps:  WPlus9 Design Studio (Woodgrain Silhouettes Additions), Annabelle Stamps (Garden Silhouettes)
Ink:  Stampin' Up! (Island Indigo)
Tools:  Papertrey Ink (woodgrain impression plate, Mat Stack 1 die), Marvy Uchida (flower punch)
Accessories:  Queen & Co. (rhinestone), DMC floss

I hope you'll play along with us this week!  Be sure to stop by each of the DT blogs to be inspired, then get crafting!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

22 comments:

Unknown said...

So cool! Love that bird on the stitched lines!

Marybeth said...

Christina, love this simple beauty! The wood grain looks great with the bird. I like that you used the same ink for the bird as the background. Hope you have a nice Mother's Day!

me said...

I love the colour of this card, that stitched idea are just FAB! Off to pin this card :)

Jenny said...

I like the idea of stitching the lines for the bird to perch on and love the little pop of colour on the flower embellie :0)
Jenny x

Lynn said...

Gorgeous Christina. I love the color combo...with the touch of yellow is fabulous.

Marlena M. said...

I love your classy approach! This looks very chic-the colors are awesome Christina.

Tracey McNeely said...

Beautiful card and colour scheme Christina.

Lisa A. said...

What a lovely card, Christina!! Perfect colors and images for your sentiment...lovely:)!!

xiumaiyuki said...

What a beauty! And the stitched lines.... so outside the box, love it!

Mary-Anne V said...

Pretty card...love the use of the negative image for the die.

Darnell said...

Oh, that's so sweet! I love it!

Suzanne said...

Love that shade of teal/blue but the pop of yellow on the flower is just right! Great great card. You are amazing with the diecut windows.

Deb said...

Love your little birdie on the wire! Fabulous card this week!

Virginia L. said...

Ultra sophisticated and beautiful!So inspiring you are, Christina!

The Paper Parade said...

This is awesome! I love the colors, the negative use of the die, the neat line that the bird is sitting on, really really awesome!

Michele Gross said...

Love this! The colors are so yummy!!

Mirta Sanchez said...

Beautiful color combo, love the pop of yellow which is my FAV color!

Aimes said...

Such a sweet card! I love that pop of yellow :)
Hugs!
x

Anonymous said...

Beutiful card, Christina! Love the stitched lines and the pop of yellow!

Karen B. said...

Your colors are absolutely divine here, and what a sweet way to combine images from multiple stamp sets!

Cathy A said...

Love how you added the pop of colour

Bethany Stellpflug said...

Such a sweet card! I love the design :)

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